Chapter One
It all started a long time ago, when my mother and I were captured by slave raiders. My mother and I were in slavery until I was seven. That's when everything changed.
Rodians. They were the ones that captured my mother and I from our peaceful home on Aar, deep in the Outer Rim, where the Republic had no control.
In my opinion I thought the Republic was a dictatorship, but my mother supported them, so I followed along.
It was a peaceful day, I had been playing with my tamed pet Yeltz. I named him Spot, because he has blue spots on his green amphibious hide. I am rumored to be the only human ever to tame one.
I had just cleaned up from dinner and was about to go clean the roof when I heard my mother scream out on the plantation.
I rushed out as quickly as I could.
Dust was everywhere. Three black ships surrounded our house. Men with guns were pouring out of the ships. They were dragging my mother to the ship. She caught my eye and mouthed, Go!
I ran as fast as I could, but a raider had already seen me. He took off after me. I slid under the fence the forest and jumped over a root. I took the chance and looked back, only to run right into a tree.
After mentally berating myself, I found the guy that was chasing me was having difficulty getting under the fence.
I looked around. I had three options: 1) climb a tree 2) keep running and possibly get caught 3) give up.
Not wanting to get caught, I chose option number 1: climb a tree. I quickly scaled the tree closest to myself and climbed until I was sure he couldn't reach me.
"Come down little kid! Don't make me come up there!" the man yelled. I looked around.
I spotted the treehouse my Zabrak friend and I built last year. I looked inside. He was there, in the corner. He saw me and motioned for me not to let the bad guy know he was there. I quickly looked back, not wanting my friend to get caught.
When I looked back, the man had scaled the tree and was reaching for me.
I screamed and kicked him in the face. He slid down the tree a little bit but he didn't fall. I turned around and jumped.
I fell for a couple seconds until I grabbed a branch to stop me.
The branch snapped under my weight and I continued to fall.
I hit the ground hard.
I groaned and rolled over to see the man jumping down from the tree. I only had a little bit to get into the tree house.
I raced towards the giant tree and pulled up the secret door.
I slipped in quickly.
Once I was inside, I closed and locked the door was all the locks we had on the door. I am grateful that we put those locks there now.
I climbed up through the hollow tree truck and quietly slipped into the treehouse.
My friend as still there.
It was eerily quiet for a few minutes.
Then I heard it.
The charging of a gun. Only too late did I realize what it meant.
I tried to get up and get away, but the side of the treehouse exploded, smacking me against the opposite wall and sending shards of sharp wood everywhere.
My head hit the wall and everything got blurry.
The last thing I remembered was seeing the man grab Kodo and I.